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I Feel Like the Fat Villain in My Own Life
Fat is bad. That’s been taught to me since I was a child. Characters like Ursula and the Queen of Hearts showed me the blueprint for an...

Maddy Sutka
Mar 15, 20217 min read
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Coping Through Creation
Some kids looked up to superheroes when they were growing up. Others turned to public servants or pop stars. As a socially-anxious...

Lauryn Jackson
Mar 12, 20216 min read
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Seen Anything Good? - M*A*S*H
Welcome to Seen Anything Good? a monthly series where I tell you which shows to binge-watch when you need help coping with the state of...

Lola Estok
Mar 10, 20216 min read
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Musical Martyrs and the 27 Club
Sometime in the mid-1930s, Robert Johnson met the devil at a crossroads in rural Mississippi and sold his soul to master the guitar. Or...

Josh Hoiem
Mar 8, 20217 min read
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Thank You: A Breakup Story
It’s February 13th, yes the day before that holiday. My eyes are swollen, I have a piercing headache and everything smells like Jose...

Elizabeth Pamboukian
Mar 5, 20214 min read
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Small Town Therapy: The Journey to Getting My Meds Right
It took a lot of convincing to get my mother to take me to see a therapist. In my Southern Baptist hometown, sadness was viewed as a...

Katie Wilkerson
Mar 3, 20218 min read
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Real Monsters: Reckoning with the Inherent Misogyny of Buffy the Vampire Slayer
For years, Joss Whedon has been the patron saint of male feminists everywhere. His work, especially on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, set the...

Lola Estok
Mar 1, 20218 min read
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How Traveling Europe Saved My Life
I was encouraged to apply to study abroad by a guy I was head over heels for. I romanticized the idea, I was going to have the...

Maddy Sutka
Mar 1, 20217 min read
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